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The Green and White Want to Take a Trip to Olympics for University Credit? Irish Players To Offer Second Music-Lecture Number VOLUME XXI The Official Student Publication OHIO UNIVERSITY, ATHENS, OHIO, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1931 Published Semi-Weekly No. 17 Irish Players Will Present New Play to American Stage For Music - Lecture Course Second Number of Series Will Bring Cast of Noted Actors To Campus for Appearance in One of Ireland's Favorite Productions Presenting an all-star cast, the Abbey Irish Theatre Players, will give "Professor Tim," by George Shiels, on December 14, as the second number of the Music-Lecture Course. The play is being offered for the first time in America this year. In the feature player of the role will be F. J. McCormick, as Professor Tim. He has played over 250 parts as a member of the Abbey Theatre Players. Fourteen dramatists will be in the company at its appearance here. "Professor Tim" was selected from a large repertoire of plays being offered in the United States by the company. They are among the best which have been presented at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin in the last 21 years. After celebrating its twenty-first anniversary in Dublin last June, the Abbey Theatre management announced that the entire season would be spent in America and the national theater of the Irish Free State would be closed. Seventeen years have elapsed since the Abbey Players last visited in this country. During its twenty-one years at the Abbey Theatre, the company has presented many of the greatest plays by Irish dramatists, including some by George Bernard Shaw, J. If. Synge, Lennox Robinson, Lady Gregory, Jean O'Casey, George Shiel, William Butler Yeats, T. C. Murray and St. John Irvine.Has Feature Role F. J. McCormick, who has the feature role in "Professor Tim," is regarded as the Abbey's greatest tragic player, although at times his comedy parts outshine his more serious efforts.Eileen Crowe, who has the distinction of being able to portray with ease a pleasant woman in one play, and an old hag in the next, will be with the company when it fills the engagement here. Believed to be the greatest comedian that the company has ever developed, Barry Fitzgerald will take comedy roles in the drama, "Professor Tim." Miss Maureen Delany will also be cast in comedy parts. Charles Cochrane, Miss May Craig, Arthur Shields, Michael Dolan, "Paddy" Carolan, Denis O'Dea, Shelah Richards, and Kitty Curling are other members of the cast. The company in their performance here will be under the direction of Lennox Robinson, who is considered, by many, the greatest of the younger Irish dramatists. He is author of "The Whiteheaded Boy," "The Big House," "The Far-off Hills," "The Lost Leader," and numerous other successful plays. Reading Room for Women Is Opened Co-eds May Relax in West Wing Between Classes In order that Ohio University women will find a place to read and study between classes, a reading room has been furnished on the second floor of West Wing. The Women's League, in cooperation with the university, has redecorated and refurnished it to Be used for all university women. The room has been equipped with woodwork and bookcases of colonial yellow. Bright drapes and lamps, comfortable chairs, and study tables have been placed in the room. Workmen have repainted walls and ceiling and refinished the floor. Approximately 100 books have been loaned by faculty members to the Women's League. Volumes on religion, ethics, vocations, travel, education, and poetry have been donated. A ruling has been made by the group in charge that no books shall be removed from the room. The room, serving the same purpose as the reading room at the Men's Union, is not to be used for committee meetings. Later in the year, however, Dean of Women Irma E. Voigt expects to use the room for special meetings, including a poetry hour. PORTER TRAVELS TO INDIANA, COLUMBUS Dr. James P. Porter, head of the Department of Psychology, left Monday noon for a trip to Columbus and Indianapolis. He will confer with printers in those cities for contracts to print the Journal of Applied Psychology, of which Dr. Porter is editor and publisher. While in Columbus he will try to secure Dr. Florence Mateer, director of the Merry Heart Hospital, in Columbus, for a series of psychology lectures at Ohio University. In addition to being director of the Merry Heart School, Dr. Mateer is an expert in child and clinical psychology. Dr. Porter intends to return Sunday night. O. U. TO TALK ON COLOR Delta Gamma Mu, journalistic fraternity, will hold its week] y meeting tomorrow night in the editorial rooms of the Athens Messenger. The meeting will begin at 7:00 o’clock. John Alden, president of the organization is to give an instructive talk on “Color in Advertising.” o. u. WILL HOLD MEETING The Knickerbocker Club will hold a meeting at the Men’s Union, Wednesday, Dec. 2 at 7 o’clock. All students of the metropolitan district are urged to attend. Summer Trip Is Planned Credit offered for 1932 Trip To Olympic Games at Los Angeles University credit is to be given to students next summer who make q/ trip to the Olympic Games at Los Angeles, accompanied by Prof. C. D. Giauque. A tour by railroad is planned as part of the curriculum of the Department of Physical Educatino.Although complete arrangements have not been made, it is planned that the entire trip will take about 30 days, total cost of which will be approximately $4OO. A special car is being chartered for the excursion. Since the track events of the Olympic Games will be held about July 30, students will probably leave Athens July 15. Definite dates have not been set, however. Includes Side Trips In addition to visiting the games in Los Angeles, travelers will stop in large cities en route to inspect the municipal physical education, recreation, and health systems. Among these cities are Cincinnati, St. Louis, Kansas City, San Diego, San Francisco, Denver, and Chicago. The excursion will include side trips to the Grand Canyon, Salt Lake City, and possibly Yosemite Park, California. Not more than 25 students are wanted for the course, says Professor Giauque. Registration will probably not be held until a few days before the trip begins, but reservations will be made in advance. The number of hours of credit allowed for the work has not yet been decided. Almost 6,000 miles will be covered during the trip. The advantages of such a course of study, Professor Giauque points out, are the opportunity for guided travel, opportunity to witness the greatest sports spectacle of the country, the chance to view a few of the outstanding beauty spots of the United States, and the first hand study of recreation systems in prominent cities. Fraternity Post Is Awarded to Mauck Professor Made Delta Tau Delta Scholarship Supervisor Prof. Willfred O. Mauck, of the Ohio University Department of History, has been named supervisor of scholarship of the national organization of Delta Tau Delta, according to The Rainbow, publication of the fraternity.Professor Mauck is a graduate of Hillsdale College, where his father is president, and of Columbia University. Before coming to Ohio University in 1928 he was professor of history at Hillsdale. o. u. SELECT SIX Phi Delta Gamma, national professional forensic fraternity, announces the selection of seven members of the present debate squad as pledges to this organization. They are Howard Wendel, Elyria; William Cherrington, Gallipolis; George Meyers, Pittsburg, Pa.; James Taylor, Shaker Heights; Maurice Kline, Hicksville; Robert Betz, Gallipolis; and Paul Allshouse, Akron. o. u. FIRST RECITAL The first student recital of the Music Department of Ohio University, will be held tonight in the Music Hall Auditorium at 8 o’clock. WILL APPEAR IN NEW IRISH PLAY Some of Ireland's best actors are included in the cast of "Professor Tim" to be given here early next month. The Abbey Theatre group is making an extensive tour of the i United States this winter. Featuring the cast is F. J. McCori mick, recognized as one o fthe best Irish tragic players. The other two members of the cast, pictured above, are well known for their ability as comedians. MISS MAY CRAIG F. 3. MeCORMICK BARRY FITZGERALD Student Is Injured As Ford Overturns William Kaufman Suffers Fractured Leg in Accident Two Ohio University students, William Kaufman and Jack Lee Chasin, of Brooklyn, N. Y., met with an automobile mishap Friday afternoon. The accident occurred near Chauncey while the two students were bringing in a roadster which had been left there the night before. As the car, driven by Chasin, rounded a turn, it veered to one side and turned over several times. Kaufman was thrown from the car, sustaining a fractured left leg and concussions of the scalp. Chasin, also hurled from the car, was uninjured. Kaufman was taken to the office of Dr. Blaine R. Goldsberry, where his injuries were treated. He was later removed to the University Hospital. WORDS FOR NEW SONG WRITTEN BY ALUMNUS Carr Leggitt, class of 1916 and former editor of the Green and White, has recently written the words to "Judas", a song for male voices. The music was written by Gilbert Oakley, a fellow member with Mr. Liggett in the Rhymers Club of Cleveland. The piece is now in the hands of the H. \Y. Gray Company, music publishers, of New York City. As soon as the song is released from the publishers, the Orpheus Club of Cleveland, one of the famous men's chorus's in America, will sing the number. This organization has won prizes in the Welsh Eisteddfod in Wales and also in the Eisteddfod at Jackson. Mr. Liggett is now living in Cleveland and is working for an Advertising firm there. STUDENTS WRITE FOR ALUMNI PUBLICATION The November Ohio Alumnus, monthly publication of the Ohio University Alumni Association, appeared Saturday. This is the second issue of the present term. The magazine contains three stories written by Ohio University students. An account of the Homecoming Day celebration is given by Charles Densmore. Harry Waddell’s interview with Dr. Wilmer C. Harris concerning his trip to Russia is reprinted from the Green and White. The story of Carr V. Van Anda, former managing editor of the New York Times and student of Ohio University, written by Magdalene Pfeil, also appears in the magazine. o. u. TO SPEAK TONIGHT “Is Psychology Based on an Out- wTorn Biological Principle?” is the topic for consideration at the meeting of Kappa Delta Pi tonight at 7:30 o’clock. Ward Halstead, Portsmouth, and Herbert Spencer, Athens, will read articles pertaining to this subject.Babka Leads Greek Victory In Title Game Alpha Chi, Representing Fraternities, Defeats Independents, 6-1 Behind the spectacular pitching of Elmer Babka, Alpha Chi, representing the fraternities, defeated the Independents, 6-1, Monday night at the Men's Gymnasium, to cop the university intramural baseball championship. Before a crowd of approximately 150, Babka held the Robins to two hits and one run, while his teammates pounded out 10 hits from the offerings of Bazet Murad. With three balls on Matlock, Murad put over three straight strikes, to register his first strike-out of the championship game. But Prohaska, next man at bat, laid out a clean single. Two errors committed by Murad, aided the Alpha Chi team to score. The first three men of the Independents struck out, making the score at the end of the first inning, 2-0. In its half of the second, the Alpha Chi team scored one run on three hits. Two of the hits were doubles, Gerace's was a high one into right, landing in the balcony. Prohaska's second hit was a nice double into left field. Dies on Base To start the second for the Independents, Murad, first up, walked, stole second and third, but was left there as Babka struck out the next three men. Both teams were held scoreless in the third inning, but Babkda added three more strike outs to his credit. At the end of the fourth session, the Independents had not yet made a hit. The fraternity team was also held hitless in this inning. Robins batsmen made their first hit of the game in the fifth inning, while the fraternity champions made three more hits and two runs. The Robins' first hit was a high liner by Hayman into the balcony in center for a double. Kofran also added another double to his team's scoring, scoring Prohaska on his hit. Errors Costly Aided by an error at first base, the Alpha Chi team pounded out another run in the sixth frame. Babka lost his chance for a shut-out when he walked Murad in the seventh, who scored on Saltis's hit. Murad stole second and third again in this play. The Independent team staged a double play in this inning when Pfleger took a slow bounder, touched second, and threw to Saltis at first. Prohaski was batting star of the game, getting three hits out of four trips to the plate. Kofron got two hits out of four times at bat. Twenty-one Face Babka Only 21 men faced Babka in the game. He struck out 18 men, retiring the side by the strike out route in the first, second, third, and fifth innigs.innigs. He struck out two in the other three remaining innings. Murad fanned four men. Babka passed three men, while Murad issued only one base on balls. The Robins seemed to be over anxious at first, while the fraternity champions played a steady game, never getting in much difficulty. This was the first game in which an Indepedent team has played a fraternity team. The Alpha Chi team will receive a plaque for winning the university championship. Freshman Quartet To Be Completed Two Members of High School Group Will Enroll With the enrollment of Charles Tonkin and Charles Wolf, Cleveland, at the February registration, the freshman male quartet, expected to have been formed during the first semester, will be made complte. Two members of the quartet, Ray Stephany and Robert Batcheledr, enrolled this fall, but a trip to Florida prevented the remaining two from entering Ohio University. « The quartet graduated from Cleveland Heights High School last spring and ofrmerly worked with David Todd, instructor of music at that school. While in high school the music organization sang in Mansfield, Akron, Elyria, East Cleveland, and numerous places in the city. The group has a large following of radio fans in northern Ohio. As a feature of the Ohio University Men's Glee Club concert, Dec. 16, the group will present several numbers. The quartet will sing on the Sunday program of the Broadway Methodist Church, Cleveland, Nov. 29. Wolf and Batchelder are tenors, Tonkin is a baritone, and Stephany is a bass. . o. u. CHARITY SHOW PRESENTS NOTED ACTOR Presenting Cyril Maude, celebrated international star, in his famous comedy success, “Grumpy,’ the Majestic Theater will donate its entire proceeds today from both matinee and evening performances to charity. Admission price has been set at fifty cents with all receipts to be given the Athens Community Chest drive. The Travelers Orchestra, a student music group, has donated its services, also. “Grumpy” is a comedy-thriller, packed with human interest. The story deals with a grouchy, old tyrant, who conceals a heart of gold under a grumpy exterior. Cyril Maude created the title role in 1913. Since that time, he has played the part 1,300 times on the stage. o u. ENTERTAIN AT DINNER Dr. and Mrs. Elmer B. Bryan entertained Friday evening with a 6 o’clock dinner at the president’s home. Covers were laid for 12 guests. Unusual Spring Weather Takes Afternoon Strollers To See Odd Characters at Asylum By Norman Taylor It would seem that a second spring had visited southern Ohio, when, with October leaves just on the ground, warm days follow on the heels of frost to bring shrubbery into a second leaf. Students, who only a few weeks ago sent home for coonskins, again stroll, hatless and coatless, through the asylum grounds. As in the spring, too, students who choose to spend warm afternoons in the hospital grounds, frequently find the little path which leads to Cottage "B," and visit "Mary Liz," the best known character of the asylum. And just as in the spring, Mary Liz is singing, on pleasant days, to her imaginary audiences by the water tower. She is 78 years old now, and is allowed out only occasionally, because of her health. Formerly, she could be found in the grounds almost every Sunday, where, with a magazine or catalogue for a song book, she would close her gray eyes, sway her thin, aged body, and gesticulate in time to her singing. She is never at a loss to know what to sing, for she improvises her words and music as she goes along. If someone asks to hear a song that he has heard her sing before, he need not be surprised if the words are changed, for Mary Liz is keen about variety. It is a popular belief that Mary Liz was once an instructor in voice, and there is some foundation for this story, as she does seem to know something about the manner in which music progresses, and about the way a singer holds herself. Her voice is somewhat cracked now, and she is a little short winded. Records at the hospital, however, show only that her real name is Mary Elizabeth Strong, and that she was one of the very first patients at the asylum, entering in 1874, when only 21 years of age. Other students njay seek the society of the "art student,' Joe, and listen to his schemes for amassing great wealth. Though Joe never drew a picture until his admittance in 1925, he has become well-known among the student-visitors for his pencil work. Joe asks that art students visit him and criticise his work. Painstaking labor is represented in his pencil sketchings of wood, which sometimes portray beautifull'y grained pieces of oak, or the hearts of the trees themselves. Twice, his drawings of asylum buildings have won prizes at the Athens County Fair. The art student is also an architect, and will show you his plans for the "tallest building in the world.' It will have a height of 115 stories, each eight feet in height, and will be named the United States Building, according to its designer. Joe has also planned a skyscrapper home for his own realestate firm, which will flaunt from its sides a huge sign telling that he "buys and sells the earth." While at the hospital, Joe has collectedcollected more than 150 pencil stubs, none more than two inches in length. Included in his art materials are erasers, a compass, and rulers. Most of Joe's tools are said to have been stolen by his best friend, "Jesse James." His most prized possession is a book which bears the inscription of "Dr. and Mrs. Drege, August 31, 1928," on every page. The date is that of his 77th birthday. Another well-known figure, usually seen not far from Mary Liz, is Benton Tussing, the fortune teller. Tussing is regularly employed at the institution's dairy, but on Sundays and holidays, he can usually be found by the water tower, ready and willing to tell your past. If you are sufficiently impressed by his reading of the past, he will also read your future for 50 cents. He is a careful observer and a student of human nature. He watches his subject's face closely at all times. His system for telling fortunes is complicated, and involves the signs of the Zodiac, kept neatly in a small notebook, and always at hand. Some visitors find Mary Liz, Joe, and Tussing merely curious and entertaining. Perhaps a few occupy themselves with trying to unravel the strange enigmas of their tangled minds. Most of them are sympathetic and friendly. And so, new students, wandering to the hospital grounds on warm days, learn about this trio of characters and their queer, imaginary worlds. o. u. BLUE KEY INITIATES ONE Blue Key, honorary fraternity, held a combination meeting and banquet Sunday night at the Berry Hotel. Clare Beatty, Port Huron, Mich., and a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon was installed into membership. Following the ceremonies, Sid Beckert, honorary faculty member, gave a short talk on the ideals of the organization. Pi Beta Phi Leads Contest Fourteen Sororities Entered In Athena Contest Sell 172 Books First week's sale of Athena subscriptions'by sororities has been encouraging, according to Rexford Baxter, manager of the 1932 yearbook. A total of 172 Athenas were sold by the 14 sororities participating in the prespring contest. Pi Beta Phi sorority was first, Alpha Delta Pi finished second, and Chi Omega and Alpha Gamma Delta sororities tied for third place in the contest. Totals made by the sororities in the competition closing Saturday will be added to the total sold during the annual spring sales. The total of both contests will be used in determining the winner of the annual Athena sales cup. Several sororities have already qualified for places in the Silver Mirror Contest. To enter a girl, a sorority must sell at least 20 Athena subscriptions. Every 15 yearbooks sold after that total, entitles the sorority to enter another contestant. The following groups entered the sales competition: Alpha Gamma Delta, Alpha Delta Pi, Alpha Sigma Alpha, Alpha Xi Delta, Chi Omega, Delta Sigma Epsilon, Lambda Omega, Pi Beta Phi, Phi Mu, Theta Upsilon, Theta Phi Alpha, Zeta Tau Alpha, Delta Kappa, and Sigma Sigma Sigma.Asks Cooperation Cooperation of the undergraduate body in making the 1932 Athena a success, was asked today by Norman Lewis, editor of the yearbook. Taking of photographs has been slow to date, he stated. Only 266 students have had their pictures made, the total figure being but slightly more than the number of freshman photographs in the 1931 Athena. Class totals amount to 148 freshmen, 70 sophomores, 10 juniors, and 38 seniors. All classes may still have their pictures taken. Due to the students' lack of cooperation, time has been extended for all class groups. It is planned to close the date for freshman and sophomore photographs soon. Classes in which less than 100 students have their pictures taken, will not be represented in this vear's Athena, Lewis said. Should such a condition arise, it would be necessary to eliminate them from the book because of the high cost of printing and engraving.Freshman and senior pictures may be taken at Lamborn's Studio, and sophomore and junior photographs at the Portrait Shoppe, over the Spanish Shawl. Members of the respective classes are urged to make appointments immediately after vacation for their pictures. Students who do not desire to have a portrait made this year, but are desirous of having their picture in this year's Athena, may do so by having a print made from old negatives at Lamborn's. DELINQUENT SLIPS TO BE ISSUED NEXT WEEK Mid-semester delinquent reports will be sent to students during Thanksgiving vacation, Frank B. Dilley, registrar, states. The slips will be mailed so that they will reach students next Monday. Lists of delinquent students were filed with the registrar's office Saturday by professors. Figures on the number of delinquent reports to be issued are not available at the present time. Actors Begin To Rehearse For Playshop's Production, 'Gammer Gurton's Needle' Roles Assigned to Nine Students in Dramatics Classes For Old English Comedy Performances To Be Given Dec. 10 Casting has been completed and rehearsals already have begun on Playshop's special Christmas production, "Gammer Gurton's Needle," to be presented at Alumni Memorial Auditorium, December 10. Performance will be given in the evening, in addition to a special high school matinee in the afternoon. Nine roles have been assigned to students in dramatics classes. The title part will be taken by Catherine Blankenship, New Straitsville, assigned the costume and speech of Gammer Gurton. Others who will appear in the cast are: Jack Swanson, Athens, as Diccon, the Bedlam; Ira Potts, New Straitsville, as Hodge, Gammer Gurton's servant; Brice Michael, Parkersburg, W. Va., as Tyb, Gammer Gurton's maid; Clinton McKnight, Altoona, Pa., as Cocke, Gammer Gurton's boy; Helen Anderson, Mansfield, as Dame Chatte; David Mattson, Columbus, as Doctor Rat, the curate; Mary McGarvey, Clarksburg, W. Va., as Doll, Dame Chatte's maid; and Harold Kemp, Bethesda, as Master Baylye, Scapethrift, Master Baylye's servant, has not been cast yet. Gammer Gurton's Needle" was first presented by Stuart Walker's famous Portmanteau Theatre in Boston and New York. Mr. Walker is at present a well-known motion picture director for Paramount Pictures. He brought the old English farce up to date, and arranged a prologue for the play, which will be read by William E. Morris, Oberlin, at the performances. The author of this earliest of English farces asked his audience not to discover his name. It is jammed with the type of robust humor that appealed to the theater-goers of its time, the 16th Century. The farce is built around the simple situation of Gammer Gurton's lost needle, which is lodged in Hodge's breeches. An expressionistic type of scenery will be constructed for the second production. It will suggest the English village of medieval times, emphasizing design, with oblique angles and intense colorings to accent the improbable situations.Despite the slender plot on which the comedy is built, farcical scenes sprinkle the story and much action is included. The episode between Die- Icon and Hodge, enacted within the I boundaries of a magic circle, is a vivid trip to the unknown, inhabited by devils, imps, and other creatures of mysterious origin. The climactic fight between Gammer Gurton and Dame Chatte rivals a model endurance contest.Entire action of the play takes place in the one setting, consisting of a street scene with Dame Chatte's inn on the one side and Gammer Gurton's house on the other. Stylized costumes and make-up, comparable to Playshop's "So This Is Paris Green," givon at convocation last semester, will characterize "Gammer Gurton's Needle." Because of the short amount of time left until the presentation night. Director Evans has started extensive rehearsals. The first play practice was held Friday afternoon. No practice is scheduled during the Thanksgiving holidays, but daily rehearsals will start as soon as the vacation is finished. A special effort will be made to attract a larare number of school pupils to the special matinee. Prices have been lowered for this special production. Former scale of ticket charges have been 75 cents and one dollar. However, admission to "Gammer Gurton's Needle" will be 35 cents. Ohio Graduate Is Conference Head Frederick L. Plummer Is Chairman of Metals Discussion Frederick L. Plummer, graduate from Ohio University in 1920, was general chairman of the three day Metals and Alloys Conference held at Case School of Applied Science, November 18, 19, and 20. He is a professor of civil engineering at the school. Professor Plummer received his Master's Degree from Case in 1924, and has been recently appointed associate professor of structural engineering at that school. Within the past few years he has been retained as consulting engineer on several important structural projects, including the Zeppelin dock at Akron and the Lorain-Central high level bride at Cleveland. Nationally prominent metallurgists and engineers addressed a group of more than 400 men during the conference in architectural, mechanical, structural, and chemical industries. ALUMNUS COACHES UNDEFEATED TEAM Undefeated and un-scored unon Jimmy Panritan's Crooksville Higb School football team established a record this season which will last for some years. Papritan, Ohio University guard for three years and member of the all-Ohio team in 1929, has been coaching at Crooksville since graduation. His team completed a schedule of nine games, scoring 407 points and holding its opponents scoreless. An average of 45 points were scored each game. Caldwell was defeated by a score of 114-0.

The Green and White Want to Take a Trip to Olympics for University Credit? Irish Players To Offer Second Music-Lecture Number VOLUME XXI The Official Student Publication OHIO UNIVERSITY, ATHENS, OHIO, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1931 Published Semi-Weekly No. 17 Irish Players Will Present New Play to American Stage For Music - Lecture Course Second Number of Series Will Bring Cast of Noted Actors To Campus for Appearance in One of Ireland's Favorite Productions Presenting an all-star cast, the Abbey Irish Theatre Players, will give "Professor Tim," by George Shiels, on December 14, as the second number of the Music-Lecture Course. The play is being offered for the first time in America this year. In the feature player of the role will be F. J. McCormick, as Professor Tim. He has played over 250 parts as a member of the Abbey Theatre Players. Fourteen dramatists will be in the company at its appearance here. "Professor Tim" was selected from a large repertoire of plays being offered in the United States by the company. They are among the best which have been presented at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin in the last 21 years. After celebrating its twenty-first anniversary in Dublin last June, the Abbey Theatre management announced that the entire season would be spent in America and the national theater of the Irish Free State would be closed. Seventeen years have elapsed since the Abbey Players last visited in this country. During its twenty-one years at the Abbey Theatre, the company has presented many of the greatest plays by Irish dramatists, including some by George Bernard Shaw, J. If. Synge, Lennox Robinson, Lady Gregory, Jean O'Casey, George Shiel, William Butler Yeats, T. C. Murray and St. John Irvine.Has Feature Role F. J. McCormick, who has the feature role in "Professor Tim," is regarded as the Abbey's greatest tragic player, although at times his comedy parts outshine his more serious efforts.Eileen Crowe, who has the distinction of being able to portray with ease a pleasant woman in one play, and an old hag in the next, will be with the company when it fills the engagement here. Believed to be the greatest comedian that the company has ever developed, Barry Fitzgerald will take comedy roles in the drama, "Professor Tim." Miss Maureen Delany will also be cast in comedy parts. Charles Cochrane, Miss May Craig, Arthur Shields, Michael Dolan, "Paddy" Carolan, Denis O'Dea, Shelah Richards, and Kitty Curling are other members of the cast. The company in their performance here will be under the direction of Lennox Robinson, who is considered, by many, the greatest of the younger Irish dramatists. He is author of "The Whiteheaded Boy," "The Big House," "The Far-off Hills," "The Lost Leader," and numerous other successful plays. Reading Room for Women Is Opened Co-eds May Relax in West Wing Between Classes In order that Ohio University women will find a place to read and study between classes, a reading room has been furnished on the second floor of West Wing. The Women's League, in cooperation with the university, has redecorated and refurnished it to Be used for all university women. The room has been equipped with woodwork and bookcases of colonial yellow. Bright drapes and lamps, comfortable chairs, and study tables have been placed in the room. Workmen have repainted walls and ceiling and refinished the floor. Approximately 100 books have been loaned by faculty members to the Women's League. Volumes on religion, ethics, vocations, travel, education, and poetry have been donated. A ruling has been made by the group in charge that no books shall be removed from the room. The room, serving the same purpose as the reading room at the Men's Union, is not to be used for committee meetings. Later in the year, however, Dean of Women Irma E. Voigt expects to use the room for special meetings, including a poetry hour. PORTER TRAVELS TO INDIANA, COLUMBUS Dr. James P. Porter, head of the Department of Psychology, left Monday noon for a trip to Columbus and Indianapolis. He will confer with printers in those cities for contracts to print the Journal of Applied Psychology, of which Dr. Porter is editor and publisher. While in Columbus he will try to secure Dr. Florence Mateer, director of the Merry Heart Hospital, in Columbus, for a series of psychology lectures at Ohio University. In addition to being director of the Merry Heart School, Dr. Mateer is an expert in child and clinical psychology. Dr. Porter intends to return Sunday night. O. U. TO TALK ON COLOR Delta Gamma Mu, journalistic fraternity, will hold its week] y meeting tomorrow night in the editorial rooms of the Athens Messenger. The meeting will begin at 7:00 o’clock. John Alden, president of the organization is to give an instructive talk on “Color in Advertising.” o. u. WILL HOLD MEETING The Knickerbocker Club will hold a meeting at the Men’s Union, Wednesday, Dec. 2 at 7 o’clock. All students of the metropolitan district are urged to attend. Summer Trip Is Planned Credit offered for 1932 Trip To Olympic Games at Los Angeles University credit is to be given to students next summer who make q/ trip to the Olympic Games at Los Angeles, accompanied by Prof. C. D. Giauque. A tour by railroad is planned as part of the curriculum of the Department of Physical Educatino.Although complete arrangements have not been made, it is planned that the entire trip will take about 30 days, total cost of which will be approximately $4OO. A special car is being chartered for the excursion. Since the track events of the Olympic Games will be held about July 30, students will probably leave Athens July 15. Definite dates have not been set, however. Includes Side Trips In addition to visiting the games in Los Angeles, travelers will stop in large cities en route to inspect the municipal physical education, recreation, and health systems. Among these cities are Cincinnati, St. Louis, Kansas City, San Diego, San Francisco, Denver, and Chicago. The excursion will include side trips to the Grand Canyon, Salt Lake City, and possibly Yosemite Park, California. Not more than 25 students are wanted for the course, says Professor Giauque. Registration will probably not be held until a few days before the trip begins, but reservations will be made in advance. The number of hours of credit allowed for the work has not yet been decided. Almost 6,000 miles will be covered during the trip. The advantages of such a course of study, Professor Giauque points out, are the opportunity for guided travel, opportunity to witness the greatest sports spectacle of the country, the chance to view a few of the outstanding beauty spots of the United States, and the first hand study of recreation systems in prominent cities. Fraternity Post Is Awarded to Mauck Professor Made Delta Tau Delta Scholarship Supervisor Prof. Willfred O. Mauck, of the Ohio University Department of History, has been named supervisor of scholarship of the national organization of Delta Tau Delta, according to The Rainbow, publication of the fraternity.Professor Mauck is a graduate of Hillsdale College, where his father is president, and of Columbia University. Before coming to Ohio University in 1928 he was professor of history at Hillsdale. o. u. SELECT SIX Phi Delta Gamma, national professional forensic fraternity, announces the selection of seven members of the present debate squad as pledges to this organization. They are Howard Wendel, Elyria; William Cherrington, Gallipolis; George Meyers, Pittsburg, Pa.; James Taylor, Shaker Heights; Maurice Kline, Hicksville; Robert Betz, Gallipolis; and Paul Allshouse, Akron. o. u. FIRST RECITAL The first student recital of the Music Department of Ohio University, will be held tonight in the Music Hall Auditorium at 8 o’clock. WILL APPEAR IN NEW IRISH PLAY Some of Ireland's best actors are included in the cast of "Professor Tim" to be given here early next month. The Abbey Theatre group is making an extensive tour of the i United States this winter. Featuring the cast is F. J. McCori mick, recognized as one o fthe best Irish tragic players. The other two members of the cast, pictured above, are well known for their ability as comedians. MISS MAY CRAIG F. 3. MeCORMICK BARRY FITZGERALD Student Is Injured As Ford Overturns William Kaufman Suffers Fractured Leg in Accident Two Ohio University students, William Kaufman and Jack Lee Chasin, of Brooklyn, N. Y., met with an automobile mishap Friday afternoon. The accident occurred near Chauncey while the two students were bringing in a roadster which had been left there the night before. As the car, driven by Chasin, rounded a turn, it veered to one side and turned over several times. Kaufman was thrown from the car, sustaining a fractured left leg and concussions of the scalp. Chasin, also hurled from the car, was uninjured. Kaufman was taken to the office of Dr. Blaine R. Goldsberry, where his injuries were treated. He was later removed to the University Hospital. WORDS FOR NEW SONG WRITTEN BY ALUMNUS Carr Leggitt, class of 1916 and former editor of the Green and White, has recently written the words to "Judas", a song for male voices. The music was written by Gilbert Oakley, a fellow member with Mr. Liggett in the Rhymers Club of Cleveland. The piece is now in the hands of the H. \Y. Gray Company, music publishers, of New York City. As soon as the song is released from the publishers, the Orpheus Club of Cleveland, one of the famous men's chorus's in America, will sing the number. This organization has won prizes in the Welsh Eisteddfod in Wales and also in the Eisteddfod at Jackson. Mr. Liggett is now living in Cleveland and is working for an Advertising firm there. STUDENTS WRITE FOR ALUMNI PUBLICATION The November Ohio Alumnus, monthly publication of the Ohio University Alumni Association, appeared Saturday. This is the second issue of the present term. The magazine contains three stories written by Ohio University students. An account of the Homecoming Day celebration is given by Charles Densmore. Harry Waddell’s interview with Dr. Wilmer C. Harris concerning his trip to Russia is reprinted from the Green and White. The story of Carr V. Van Anda, former managing editor of the New York Times and student of Ohio University, written by Magdalene Pfeil, also appears in the magazine. o. u. TO SPEAK TONIGHT “Is Psychology Based on an Out- wTorn Biological Principle?” is the topic for consideration at the meeting of Kappa Delta Pi tonight at 7:30 o’clock. Ward Halstead, Portsmouth, and Herbert Spencer, Athens, will read articles pertaining to this subject.Babka Leads Greek Victory In Title Game Alpha Chi, Representing Fraternities, Defeats Independents, 6-1 Behind the spectacular pitching of Elmer Babka, Alpha Chi, representing the fraternities, defeated the Independents, 6-1, Monday night at the Men's Gymnasium, to cop the university intramural baseball championship. Before a crowd of approximately 150, Babka held the Robins to two hits and one run, while his teammates pounded out 10 hits from the offerings of Bazet Murad. With three balls on Matlock, Murad put over three straight strikes, to register his first strike-out of the championship game. But Prohaska, next man at bat, laid out a clean single. Two errors committed by Murad, aided the Alpha Chi team to score. The first three men of the Independents struck out, making the score at the end of the first inning, 2-0. In its half of the second, the Alpha Chi team scored one run on three hits. Two of the hits were doubles, Gerace's was a high one into right, landing in the balcony. Prohaska's second hit was a nice double into left field. Dies on Base To start the second for the Independents, Murad, first up, walked, stole second and third, but was left there as Babka struck out the next three men. Both teams were held scoreless in the third inning, but Babkda added three more strike outs to his credit. At the end of the fourth session, the Independents had not yet made a hit. The fraternity team was also held hitless in this inning. Robins batsmen made their first hit of the game in the fifth inning, while the fraternity champions made three more hits and two runs. The Robins' first hit was a high liner by Hayman into the balcony in center for a double. Kofran also added another double to his team's scoring, scoring Prohaska on his hit. Errors Costly Aided by an error at first base, the Alpha Chi team pounded out another run in the sixth frame. Babka lost his chance for a shut-out when he walked Murad in the seventh, who scored on Saltis's hit. Murad stole second and third again in this play. The Independent team staged a double play in this inning when Pfleger took a slow bounder, touched second, and threw to Saltis at first. Prohaski was batting star of the game, getting three hits out of four trips to the plate. Kofron got two hits out of four times at bat. Twenty-one Face Babka Only 21 men faced Babka in the game. He struck out 18 men, retiring the side by the strike out route in the first, second, third, and fifth innigs.innigs. He struck out two in the other three remaining innings. Murad fanned four men. Babka passed three men, while Murad issued only one base on balls. The Robins seemed to be over anxious at first, while the fraternity champions played a steady game, never getting in much difficulty. This was the first game in which an Indepedent team has played a fraternity team. The Alpha Chi team will receive a plaque for winning the university championship. Freshman Quartet To Be Completed Two Members of High School Group Will Enroll With the enrollment of Charles Tonkin and Charles Wolf, Cleveland, at the February registration, the freshman male quartet, expected to have been formed during the first semester, will be made complte. Two members of the quartet, Ray Stephany and Robert Batcheledr, enrolled this fall, but a trip to Florida prevented the remaining two from entering Ohio University. « The quartet graduated from Cleveland Heights High School last spring and ofrmerly worked with David Todd, instructor of music at that school. While in high school the music organization sang in Mansfield, Akron, Elyria, East Cleveland, and numerous places in the city. The group has a large following of radio fans in northern Ohio. As a feature of the Ohio University Men's Glee Club concert, Dec. 16, the group will present several numbers. The quartet will sing on the Sunday program of the Broadway Methodist Church, Cleveland, Nov. 29. Wolf and Batchelder are tenors, Tonkin is a baritone, and Stephany is a bass. . o. u. CHARITY SHOW PRESENTS NOTED ACTOR Presenting Cyril Maude, celebrated international star, in his famous comedy success, “Grumpy,’ the Majestic Theater will donate its entire proceeds today from both matinee and evening performances to charity. Admission price has been set at fifty cents with all receipts to be given the Athens Community Chest drive. The Travelers Orchestra, a student music group, has donated its services, also. “Grumpy” is a comedy-thriller, packed with human interest. The story deals with a grouchy, old tyrant, who conceals a heart of gold under a grumpy exterior. Cyril Maude created the title role in 1913. Since that time, he has played the part 1,300 times on the stage. o u. ENTERTAIN AT DINNER Dr. and Mrs. Elmer B. Bryan entertained Friday evening with a 6 o’clock dinner at the president’s home. Covers were laid for 12 guests. Unusual Spring Weather Takes Afternoon Strollers To See Odd Characters at Asylum By Norman Taylor It would seem that a second spring had visited southern Ohio, when, with October leaves just on the ground, warm days follow on the heels of frost to bring shrubbery into a second leaf. Students, who only a few weeks ago sent home for coonskins, again stroll, hatless and coatless, through the asylum grounds. As in the spring, too, students who choose to spend warm afternoons in the hospital grounds, frequently find the little path which leads to Cottage "B," and visit "Mary Liz," the best known character of the asylum. And just as in the spring, Mary Liz is singing, on pleasant days, to her imaginary audiences by the water tower. She is 78 years old now, and is allowed out only occasionally, because of her health. Formerly, she could be found in the grounds almost every Sunday, where, with a magazine or catalogue for a song book, she would close her gray eyes, sway her thin, aged body, and gesticulate in time to her singing. She is never at a loss to know what to sing, for she improvises her words and music as she goes along. If someone asks to hear a song that he has heard her sing before, he need not be surprised if the words are changed, for Mary Liz is keen about variety. It is a popular belief that Mary Liz was once an instructor in voice, and there is some foundation for this story, as she does seem to know something about the manner in which music progresses, and about the way a singer holds herself. Her voice is somewhat cracked now, and she is a little short winded. Records at the hospital, however, show only that her real name is Mary Elizabeth Strong, and that she was one of the very first patients at the asylum, entering in 1874, when only 21 years of age. Other students njay seek the society of the "art student,' Joe, and listen to his schemes for amassing great wealth. Though Joe never drew a picture until his admittance in 1925, he has become well-known among the student-visitors for his pencil work. Joe asks that art students visit him and criticise his work. Painstaking labor is represented in his pencil sketchings of wood, which sometimes portray beautifull'y grained pieces of oak, or the hearts of the trees themselves. Twice, his drawings of asylum buildings have won prizes at the Athens County Fair. The art student is also an architect, and will show you his plans for the "tallest building in the world.' It will have a height of 115 stories, each eight feet in height, and will be named the United States Building, according to its designer. Joe has also planned a skyscrapper home for his own realestate firm, which will flaunt from its sides a huge sign telling that he "buys and sells the earth." While at the hospital, Joe has collectedcollected more than 150 pencil stubs, none more than two inches in length. Included in his art materials are erasers, a compass, and rulers. Most of Joe's tools are said to have been stolen by his best friend, "Jesse James." His most prized possession is a book which bears the inscription of "Dr. and Mrs. Drege, August 31, 1928," on every page. The date is that of his 77th birthday. Another well-known figure, usually seen not far from Mary Liz, is Benton Tussing, the fortune teller. Tussing is regularly employed at the institution's dairy, but on Sundays and holidays, he can usually be found by the water tower, ready and willing to tell your past. If you are sufficiently impressed by his reading of the past, he will also read your future for 50 cents. He is a careful observer and a student of human nature. He watches his subject's face closely at all times. His system for telling fortunes is complicated, and involves the signs of the Zodiac, kept neatly in a small notebook, and always at hand. Some visitors find Mary Liz, Joe, and Tussing merely curious and entertaining. Perhaps a few occupy themselves with trying to unravel the strange enigmas of their tangled minds. Most of them are sympathetic and friendly. And so, new students, wandering to the hospital grounds on warm days, learn about this trio of characters and their queer, imaginary worlds. o. u. BLUE KEY INITIATES ONE Blue Key, honorary fraternity, held a combination meeting and banquet Sunday night at the Berry Hotel. Clare Beatty, Port Huron, Mich., and a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon was installed into membership. Following the ceremonies, Sid Beckert, honorary faculty member, gave a short talk on the ideals of the organization. Pi Beta Phi Leads Contest Fourteen Sororities Entered In Athena Contest Sell 172 Books First week's sale of Athena subscriptions'by sororities has been encouraging, according to Rexford Baxter, manager of the 1932 yearbook. A total of 172 Athenas were sold by the 14 sororities participating in the prespring contest. Pi Beta Phi sorority was first, Alpha Delta Pi finished second, and Chi Omega and Alpha Gamma Delta sororities tied for third place in the contest. Totals made by the sororities in the competition closing Saturday will be added to the total sold during the annual spring sales. The total of both contests will be used in determining the winner of the annual Athena sales cup. Several sororities have already qualified for places in the Silver Mirror Contest. To enter a girl, a sorority must sell at least 20 Athena subscriptions. Every 15 yearbooks sold after that total, entitles the sorority to enter another contestant. The following groups entered the sales competition: Alpha Gamma Delta, Alpha Delta Pi, Alpha Sigma Alpha, Alpha Xi Delta, Chi Omega, Delta Sigma Epsilon, Lambda Omega, Pi Beta Phi, Phi Mu, Theta Upsilon, Theta Phi Alpha, Zeta Tau Alpha, Delta Kappa, and Sigma Sigma Sigma.Asks Cooperation Cooperation of the undergraduate body in making the 1932 Athena a success, was asked today by Norman Lewis, editor of the yearbook. Taking of photographs has been slow to date, he stated. Only 266 students have had their pictures made, the total figure being but slightly more than the number of freshman photographs in the 1931 Athena. Class totals amount to 148 freshmen, 70 sophomores, 10 juniors, and 38 seniors. All classes may still have their pictures taken. Due to the students' lack of cooperation, time has been extended for all class groups. It is planned to close the date for freshman and sophomore photographs soon. Classes in which less than 100 students have their pictures taken, will not be represented in this vear's Athena, Lewis said. Should such a condition arise, it would be necessary to eliminate them from the book because of the high cost of printing and engraving.Freshman and senior pictures may be taken at Lamborn's Studio, and sophomore and junior photographs at the Portrait Shoppe, over the Spanish Shawl. Members of the respective classes are urged to make appointments immediately after vacation for their pictures. Students who do not desire to have a portrait made this year, but are desirous of having their picture in this year's Athena, may do so by having a print made from old negatives at Lamborn's. DELINQUENT SLIPS TO BE ISSUED NEXT WEEK Mid-semester delinquent reports will be sent to students during Thanksgiving vacation, Frank B. Dilley, registrar, states. The slips will be mailed so that they will reach students next Monday. Lists of delinquent students were filed with the registrar's office Saturday by professors. Figures on the number of delinquent reports to be issued are not available at the present time. Actors Begin To Rehearse For Playshop's Production, 'Gammer Gurton's Needle' Roles Assigned to Nine Students in Dramatics Classes For Old English Comedy Performances To Be Given Dec. 10 Casting has been completed and rehearsals already have begun on Playshop's special Christmas production, "Gammer Gurton's Needle," to be presented at Alumni Memorial Auditorium, December 10. Performance will be given in the evening, in addition to a special high school matinee in the afternoon. Nine roles have been assigned to students in dramatics classes. The title part will be taken by Catherine Blankenship, New Straitsville, assigned the costume and speech of Gammer Gurton. Others who will appear in the cast are: Jack Swanson, Athens, as Diccon, the Bedlam; Ira Potts, New Straitsville, as Hodge, Gammer Gurton's servant; Brice Michael, Parkersburg, W. Va., as Tyb, Gammer Gurton's maid; Clinton McKnight, Altoona, Pa., as Cocke, Gammer Gurton's boy; Helen Anderson, Mansfield, as Dame Chatte; David Mattson, Columbus, as Doctor Rat, the curate; Mary McGarvey, Clarksburg, W. Va., as Doll, Dame Chatte's maid; and Harold Kemp, Bethesda, as Master Baylye, Scapethrift, Master Baylye's servant, has not been cast yet. Gammer Gurton's Needle" was first presented by Stuart Walker's famous Portmanteau Theatre in Boston and New York. Mr. Walker is at present a well-known motion picture director for Paramount Pictures. He brought the old English farce up to date, and arranged a prologue for the play, which will be read by William E. Morris, Oberlin, at the performances. The author of this earliest of English farces asked his audience not to discover his name. It is jammed with the type of robust humor that appealed to the theater-goers of its time, the 16th Century. The farce is built around the simple situation of Gammer Gurton's lost needle, which is lodged in Hodge's breeches. An expressionistic type of scenery will be constructed for the second production. It will suggest the English village of medieval times, emphasizing design, with oblique angles and intense colorings to accent the improbable situations.Despite the slender plot on which the comedy is built, farcical scenes sprinkle the story and much action is included. The episode between Die- Icon and Hodge, enacted within the I boundaries of a magic circle, is a vivid trip to the unknown, inhabited by devils, imps, and other creatures of mysterious origin. The climactic fight between Gammer Gurton and Dame Chatte rivals a model endurance contest.Entire action of the play takes place in the one setting, consisting of a street scene with Dame Chatte's inn on the one side and Gammer Gurton's house on the other. Stylized costumes and make-up, comparable to Playshop's "So This Is Paris Green," givon at convocation last semester, will characterize "Gammer Gurton's Needle." Because of the short amount of time left until the presentation night. Director Evans has started extensive rehearsals. The first play practice was held Friday afternoon. No practice is scheduled during the Thanksgiving holidays, but daily rehearsals will start as soon as the vacation is finished. A special effort will be made to attract a larare number of school pupils to the special matinee. Prices have been lowered for this special production. Former scale of ticket charges have been 75 cents and one dollar. However, admission to "Gammer Gurton's Needle" will be 35 cents. Ohio Graduate Is Conference Head Frederick L. Plummer Is Chairman of Metals Discussion Frederick L. Plummer, graduate from Ohio University in 1920, was general chairman of the three day Metals and Alloys Conference held at Case School of Applied Science, November 18, 19, and 20. He is a professor of civil engineering at the school. Professor Plummer received his Master's Degree from Case in 1924, and has been recently appointed associate professor of structural engineering at that school. Within the past few years he has been retained as consulting engineer on several important structural projects, including the Zeppelin dock at Akron and the Lorain-Central high level bride at Cleveland. Nationally prominent metallurgists and engineers addressed a group of more than 400 men during the conference in architectural, mechanical, structural, and chemical industries. ALUMNUS COACHES UNDEFEATED TEAM Undefeated and un-scored unon Jimmy Panritan's Crooksville Higb School football team established a record this season which will last for some years. Papritan, Ohio University guard for three years and member of the all-Ohio team in 1929, has been coaching at Crooksville since graduation. His team completed a schedule of nine games, scoring 407 points and holding its opponents scoreless. An average of 45 points were scored each game. Caldwell was defeated by a score of 114-0.